ALDE: Rare and Valuable Books from the 15th to 19th Centuries, 31126, Paris

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Auction Date
March 11, 2026 - March 11, 2026
Page Size: 190 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26 DANFRIE (Philippe).

Declaration de l'usage du Graphometre par la pratique duquel on peut mesurer toutes distances des choses de remarque qui se pourront voir et discerner du lieu ou il sera pose... A la fin de ceste declaration est ajouste un traicte de l'usage du Trigometre

 Paris 1597 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
27 CHARRON (Pierre).

De la sagesse livres trois.

Bordeaux 1601 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
28 [SIBMACHER (Johann)].

Newes Modelbuch in Kupffer gemacht. Nuremberg, s.n.,

1602 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
29 THEMISTIOS.

[...] Logoi eks basilikoi. [...] Orationes sex augustales, ad Constantium, Jovianum, Valentem et Valentinianum II Imper. Augg. habitae.

Hambourg 1605 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
30 DEL BENE (Bartolomeo).

Civitas veri sive morum.

Paris 1609 EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
31 PASQUIER (Etienne).

Les Recherches de la France.

Paris 1611 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
32 CAUS (Salomon de).

La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs.

Londres 1612 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 Unknown
33 CALLOT (Jacques).

Capricci di varie figure.

Florence s.d. [1617] EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
34 SAVARON (Jean).

De la Souverainete du Roy, et que Sa Majeste ne la peut souzmettre a qui que ce soit, ny aliener son Domaine a perpetuite.

Paris 1620 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
35 TITE-LIVE.

Libri omnes superstites, recogniti pridem et emendati... a Jano Grutero.

Parisi 1625 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
36 NICERON (Jean-Francois).

La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique.

Paris 1638 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Unknown
37 MOREAU (Pierre).

Les Sainctes prieres de l'ame chretienne escrites et gravees apres le naturel de la plume.

Paris 1644 EUR 4,500.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
38 VONTET (Jacques).

L'Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits, a la mode itallienne et nouvellement a la francaise.

 S.l. [probablement Lyon,] n.d. vers 1647]. EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Unknown
39 STELLA (Jacques) et Claudine BOUZONNET-STELLA.

Les Jeux et plaisris [sic] de l'Enfance inventez par Jacques Stella et gravez par Claudine Bouzonnet-Stella.

Paris 1657 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 Unknown
40 PASCAL (Blaise).

Traitez de l'equilibre des liqueurs, et de la pesanteur de la masse de l'air.

Paris 1663 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
41 BOSSE (Abraham).

Traite des pratiques geometrales enseignees dans l'Academie royale de la peinture et de la sculpture.

Paris 1665 EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
42 [LA ROCHEFOUCAULD (Francois de)].

Reflexions ou sentences et maximes morales.

Paris 1665 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
43 MOLIERE.

Le Misanthrope.

Paris 1667 EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 Unknown
44 MOLIERE.

George Dandin, ou le mary confondu.

Paris 1669 EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
45 RACINE (Jean).

Berenice.

Paris 1671 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Unknown
46 PERRAULT (Charles).

Devis des ouvrages de maconnerie et pierre de taille qu'il convient faire pour le massif de l'arc d'eau et aqueduc au-dessous pour passer les tuyaux dans le petit parc de Versailles.

25 mai 1678 EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
47 FAERNO (Gabriele).

Centum fabulae ex antiquis scriptoribus delectae.

Bruxelles 1682 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 Unknown
48 LA FONTAINE (Jean de).

Contes et nouvelles en vers. Nouvelle edition enrichie de tailles-douces. Tome second.

Amsterdam 1685 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
49 [JURIEU (Pierre)].

Les Soupirs de la France esclave, qui aspire apres la liberte. Amsterdam, s.n. [Pierre Brunel],

1690 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
50 PERROT (Catherine).

Les Lecons royales contenantes la pratique universelle de la peinture en mignature par l'explication des livres des fleurs et d'oyseaux de feu Nicolas Robert, fleuriste. Manuscrit de la fin du XVIIe siecle.

XVIIe siecle. EUR 500.00 - 600.00 Unknown
  • Forum AuctionsOnline: IndiaEnds 19th February 2026 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57[Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000 Forum AuctionsOnline: IndiaEnds 19th February 2026 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000 Forum AuctionsOnline: IndiaEnds 19th February 2026 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
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    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
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    Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
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